I was in the Audi recently with a fellow colleague (South American) and we both politely went back to reading the GABI on our screens as I apologetically told him that I just couldn't understand what he was saying, no matter how hard I tried.
I was actually rather shocked that the company has this gentleman employed in the cockpit. Now, I am not an ELP examiner of course, but I wouldn't put his proficiency past a 2 at best (random words and the "gist" of the conversation was how the understanding of our conversation went).
J